10-letter words starting with se
- segregator — an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one kidney only.
- seguidilla — Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- seismicity — the frequency, intensity, and distribution of earthquakes in a given area.
- seismogram — a record made by a seismograph.
- seismology — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- seldomness — rareness
- selectable — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selectance — a measure of the drop in response of a radio receiving set or the like to a given frequency differing from the resonant frequency of the device, expressed as the ratio of the amplitude of the response at the resonant frequency to the amplitude of the response at the given frequency.
- selegiline — a drug used in treating Parkinson's disease, depression and dementia
- selenodesy — the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the moon's surface and its gravitational field.
- selenodont — having molar teeth with crowns formed of crescent-shaped cusps.
- selenology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the nature and origin of the physical features of the moon.
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- seleucus i — (Seleucus Nicator) 358?–281? b.c, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: founder of the Seleucid dynasty.
- self-abuse — reproach or blame of oneself.
- self-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- self-belay — a method of preventing oneself from falling by using a controlled rope
- self-blame — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
- self-build — the practice of building one's own home
- self-doubt — lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
- self-drive — of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.
- self-exile — a state of exile imposed by oneself.
- self-given — past participle of give.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
- self-named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- self-paced — (of an educational system, course, etc.) done or designed to be accomplished at the student's own speed: self-paced instruction.
- self-pride — pride in one's abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem.
- self-serve — self-service.
- self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
- self-study — the study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., without direct supervision or attendance in a class: She learned to read German by self-study.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- self-trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
- selflessly — having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.
- sell short — having little length; not long.
- sellafield — the site of an atomic power station and nuclear reprocessing plant in NW England, in W Cumbria
- seltzogene — a device from the late Victorian times for making carbonated water
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semblative — resembling
- semeiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semeiotics — semiotics.
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- semi-colon — A semi-colon is the punctuation mark ; which is used in writing to separate different parts of a sentence or list or to indicate a pause.
- semi-comic — of, relating to, or characterized by comedy: comic opera.